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Complete Works of Wang Zengqi (3): Prose Volume Wang Zengqi / Deng Jiuping Beijing Normal University Press · 1998 Complete Works of Wang Zengqi (3): Prose Volume is the third volume of the twelve-volume Complete Works of Wang Zengqi published by Beijing Normal Uni…
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The Lion and the Unicorn George Orwell Beijing Yanshan Press · 2015 The Lion and the Unicorn is a collection of George Orwell's social commentary and essays, translated into Chinese by Dong Leshan, Jia Wenhao and Jia W…
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Time, the Eternal Sculptor: Relics 玛格丽特·尤瑟纳尔 Oriental Press · 2002 The book is a collection of essays and critical writings by Marguerite Yourcenar, the French author and first woman member of the Académie française, …
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Rating 4.6
The Complete Poems of Haizi Hai Zi / 西川 Writers Publishing House · 2009 The Complete Poems of Haizi, compiled by the poet Xi Chuan and published by Writers Publishing House in March 2009, marks the twentieth anniversary of…
Through Time and Space: Fusang, Two Thousand Years in a Glance: With a Discussion of Xu Fu and the Eastward Spread of the Civilization of His Era cover
Through Time and Space: Fusang, Two Thousand Years in a Glance: With a Discussion of Xu Fu and the Eastward Spread of the Civilization of His Era 程天良 民主与建设出版社 · 2020 This is a history of Sino-Japanese relations written for general readers. Taking 'Fusang'—the classical Chinese name for Japan—as its entry point, aut…
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Selected Works of Sartre Jean-Paul Sartre Beijing Yanshan Press · 2005 Selected Works of Sartre is a volume in Beijing Yanshan Press's "Selected Works of Foreign Literary Masters" series, edited by Shen Zhiming. Across tw…
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The Maugham Collection William Somerset Maugham Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2016 The Maugham Collection is an e-book boxed set from Shanghai Translation Publishing House, based on its hardcover Maugham Collected Works series. It co…
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Rating 4.2
The Eternal Witness: A Maurice Blanchot Critical Handbook Wei Guangji Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press · 2024 Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003) was a writer, novelist, and critic as well as a thinker. With extraordinary self-restraint he maintained throughout his l…
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Strong Opinions Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2018 Strong Opinions is a self-compiled collection by the Russian-American writer Vladimir Nabokov, originally published in English under the same title; t…
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Rating 4.2
The Path of Chinese Poetics: Between History, Culture, and Aesthetics 蒋寅 The Commercial Press · 2023 This book is a self-selected anthology by the renowned classical literature scholar Jiang Yin. "The Path of Chinese Poetics" sums up the main directio…
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Rating 3.9
Words Beyond Notes: Collected Music Writings of Lu Zaiyi 陆在易 Shanghai Music Publishing House · 2020 Lu Zaiyi is a composer of nationwide influence. This book collects his instructive and illuminating writings on music into four sections—"Artistic Ref…
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Rating 4.7
Hidden Excellence Anonymous Bashu Publishing House · 2024 The "Yin Xiu" chapter: "Thus the literary flower has both xiu and yin. Yin is the layered meaning beyond the words; xiu is the singular standout withi…